License-plate attachment



F. G. HOUGH. LICENSE PLATE ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION' FILED DEC. 26, 1919.

Patented Nov. 3o, 1920.

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UNITED STATES FRANK G. HOUGH, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

LICENSE-PLATE ATTACHMENT.

To all whom t may cor/cera Be it known that I, FRANK Gr. HOUGH, acitizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cookand State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin License-Plate Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in4 license plates andattachments therefor.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide an attachment for alicense plate used on automobiles for designating the license numberissued by the respective State authorities authorizing the use of thevehicle, upon the public highways, for a designated period, usually forone year. These plates are changed periodically at the expiration of thelicense bearing the 'date of the plate and a new plate substitutedtherefor, bears other indicia, differing from the old one in that thedesignatingnumber and numerals, indicative of the current year, aredifferent. These plates are issued without any indication as to thelocal habitat, or residence of the owner.

The object of the invention is to provide a separable plate bearing uponits face the name of the city, town or village from which the ownerhails. The auxiliary plate may bear upon its face the name of the ownerwith his title such, for example, as Di- Smith, or an indication of hisbusiness as Smiths Cash Grocery, or the like.

In the drawing Figure l is a front elevation of a license plate with anattached auxiliary plate.

F 2 is a transverse section on line 2-2 of Fi g. l.

In both views the same reference characters indicate similar parts.

The plate 3 is a fair example of the character of license plates issuedby authorities of the several States. They are of uniform size becauseof the fact that the places of attachment of the various automobiles areuniform. Each plate 8 has provided in each of its corners an orificesi.. These openings are made to receive supporting screws or bolts. Theplate is provided with a marginal bead 5 near its edges.

I take advantage of the bead for attaching the auxiliary individualplate 6 having thereon an individual designation such .as

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented NGV. 3()5 1920 Application ledDecember 26, 1919.

Serial No. 347,560.

ngllhicago. bounding its edges. I utilize the bead 7 as a meanscontributing to hold the plates together. A clip for holding the plate 6attached to the plate 3 consists of a member 8 perforated near itslongitudinal center for the screw 9. The member 8 has a curved portionoverlying the bead 5 and a curved portion 11 overlying the bead 12 ofthe plate A member lll has a curved part 15 that lies within the bead 12on the back of the plate 6. This member is also perforated for theclamping screw 9 andhas a curved part 16 that lies within the bead 5 ofthe plate 3. The member 14: also has extended ends 17 and 18 to hold theplates 3 and 6 in vertical alinement.

The clamping screw 9 passes through the clamp members 8 and ll into thenut 19 and whenthe screw is passed well through the nut lthe members aredrawn together into clamping contact with each of the plates.

rl`he plate 6 may be removed from plate 3 by loosening the screw toseparate the clamping members and thus the plate 6 may (prickly beshift-ed from one license plate to another. The manner of attaching theplates such that the relative length of the plates is a matter ofindierence as the plate 6 may be shifted to any suitable position onplate 3.

i-laving described my invention, what I claim is In combination with twoplates to be yoined together at adjacent edges, each plate having nearits edge a U-shaped bead, said beads facing alike; a clamp member havingtwo spaced apart beads in shape corresponding with the beads of theplates, to space them apart, separated by an intermediate liat part,said clamp member having terminal llat ends, in the same longitudinalplane with the intermediate liat part, extending beyond the beads;another clamp member, having bent parts in shape corresponding with thebeads to overlie said beads and having its ends terminating at the beadsand a screw passing through the clamp members and between the beads tohold the parts together.

In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribed my name.

FRANK G. HOUGH.

The plate 6 also has a bead 7

